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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-05-28
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HEAR The THUNDER OF OUR GUNSH
1t IS a constant source of wonder to us that there can be found
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when a house like OURS has always a stock of first quality
DRY GOODS,
CARPETS,
&c.,
almost equal in size to all or competitors combined, and at prices
that should command undivided attention. You can buy all your
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AS a finished address sparkles with brilliant salies of wit,
eloquent flights of fancy, apt points of narrative, and logical appica-
ton, so
Our New Stock
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in beauty of design and in PRICES FAR BELOW all honorable
competition.

We offer the Choicest Selection Of CARPETS that has ever
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ranging in price from 2c to 81 35, and from a cheap Hemp to the
best Body Brussels
90 rolls of China Mating, from 2c to Soc per yard.
2 rolls A Coir Mating, for Offices or halls, at soc and Goo.
20 rolls of T., !, 6 and 81 Oil Cloths, from 2c to 81.
Is Rugs and Mats from 75c to Sc so each.
Art Squares, ST 80 to S12 each.
Linen Crumb Cloths, 81 80 to S. so each.
100 Curtain Poles, complete, 4c to 81 each.
200 Artistic Shade Curtains, complete, Csc to 81 as each.
$50 pairs Lace Curtains from 81 % to so a pair.
10 pieces Scrim Cloths from 10c to zoe per yard.
We have Il large stock of Ladies' Jersey Jackets, in black and
colors, and a small choice selection of Street Jackets.
Our stock in every branch is immense, and the prices right.
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-05-28

would have TO temporarily carry $4,000
for the three heavily indebted town.
,Shine, IT, soN1t6ing new 10 me, in that
eve blamed the
Iffjs3s1sCE i30s doing, but haye COM
mel}4r skS3her. What have said
is, that O. 5a3hat he had been pay
ing of fh6jl5<6l4. On township bonds,
although tA9k IA was empty, which,
if done with other county money
was not snf I'D by law lalthough
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-05-28

AS a finished address sparkles with brilliant salles of wit,
loquent flights of fancy, apt points of narrative, and logical appica-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
Il Eoman Haneman.

Roman Cor. of the Independence Beige.
Bugati was born In ITO and followed
his profession at Rome until 1854, when
he was retired on a pension, although he
declared that ne was still able to render
the State service. His note book, which
was recently found and published, is as
concise as Tacitus. Bugatri used to
write In it only the name, quality and
the age of those who fell into bis hands,
and thereasOn why they were condemned.
This lapidaFy style possesses a terrible
eloqueRce. There are still living at
Rome many persons who knew this
singular individual. He had the ply
sigue but not the physiognomy Of
hangman. Built like a giant, his face
always wore a friendly and paternal
smile. He was robust at ninety, and was
eighty-five years old the last time he
conducted an execution. Before cutting
off mans head, Bugatti used to spend
some time IN prayer and devotional
exercises at home, and then confess and
receive the sacrament at st. Peters. He
then felt his conscience clear and his hand
steadier. On these occasions he was
clearly shaved and neatly dressed. 1t is
said that one of his marked peculiarities
was to be continually taking pinches Of
snuff and offering his snuf-box to every
body in the most prodigal way. Ways
state that he once asked a criminal to
help himself after he had bound him.
He did indeed show them every possible
attention, and never Wearisd IN doing all
he could to keep their courage up. He
was not paid very much only twenty
dollars a month, with his house rent.
But when called away from the capital
his bill was sometimes seventy dollars
for a single execution. The POpes-
it appears by this little bOok-didn't
show much clemency. Daring the
seventy years that Bugath was in
service, he cut OF not less than five
hundred and sixteen heads, enough to fill
a cemetery. In his long career, the
Jack Ketch Of His Holiness frequently
changed his methods. When he began,
hanging was in vogue. He next
practiced decapitation In the classic style
and finally settled down to tie guillotine,
which he used to call fRmilBrly, the
French ediice." Bugatti's note book
is full Of revelations, and throws much
| light on the justice, OF rather injustice,
Of the Papal judges. Some Of the
condemned wretches were guilty simply
of an attempt to harm ecclesiastics.
Political martyrs fill a great deal Of space
in this solemn list. Among them are
two men condemned to death for having
wounded an Austrian spy; the GaribRl-
dian Salvatore, decapitated Ia honor of
the POpe's return, in 1S49, from exile In
Gaeta; and that unfortunate Sante Cos
tantini, sentenced for the assassination of
Count Pellegrino Rossi, the italian
statesman and orator, when it is now
well known that the real author Of that
crime escaped and is still in America.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
Re NRas Rs,zarded


A day or two ago there numbered INTO
a South Water street commission mer-
chants office a great burly German lad
Of perhaps 20 summers. He wore the
quaint cap and red-tOpPed boots OF his
native land, and there were not wanting
about him other signs that voiced the
nervousness Of his arrival on American
shores. He sought employment In any
capacity, but his total ignorance Of the
language was against him, and the pro
prietor, at the same time that he cast
admiring glances upon the brawny chest
and limbs Of the applicant, was forced to
refuse his request. Hans touched his
cap respectfully, and moved oft was
probably not his first disappointment, by
a long Way-but he stood for a moment on
the sidewalk as though to select his next
point Of attack. AS he so stood there
was a clatter and yell In his rear, and
out of a neighboring store there rushed
a dusty youth In shirt-sleeves and top
boots, In hot pursuit Of a scared mouse
that was straining its four little legs to
their utmost to reach place Of safety.
In vain, however. The young man
leaped forward and succeeded in planting
his heavy foot square on the helpless
little beast, crushing it to a shRpeless
mOrsel of fur and bones. The lHsty youth
was retresting toward his Office when a
big hand was laid upon his collar.
Zach, Teufalp' exclaimed Hans, and
with blue eyes aAame he showed the
murderer before him administering a
hearty kick at each step until the gutter
was reached, when he flung the object OF
his wrath therein as a terrier would a
kitten. Then he prepared TO go his way,
but the merchant who had refused his
application for work a few minutes before,
and who had watched the subsequent
episode, grabbed him by the arm and
| guided him into his store. "COme in,
young fellow" he said briskly, "rn find
something for you to do; there's always
a place anywhere for such men as you.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

Nrs. A. n. Dauphin, Philadelphia, has
done a great deal to make known 70 ladies
there the great value of Mrs. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as a cure for their
troubles and diseases. She writes as follows:
"a young lady of this city while bathing
some years age was thrown violently against
The life line and the injuries received result
ed IN an ovarian tumoE which grew and en-
Iarged until death seemed certain. Her ply
sieian finally advised her to try Mrs. Pink
hams Compound. She did 50 and in short
time the tumor was dissolved and she is nOlU
la perfect health. I also know Of many
cases where the medicine has been Of great
value in preventing miscarriage and allevi-
ating the pains and dangers of child birth.
Philadelphia ladies appreciate the worth Of
this medicine and its great value"
Sent by mail in Pill and Lozenge form on
receipt of price, 81. Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn,
Mass. Also in liquid form, all at Druggists.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
A NeW vYrinkIs 1n Reforl,1.

Cleveland Leader.
General Orlando NJ. Poe, in command
at Fort Wayne, Detroit, has an opinion
about the treasury department of the
federal government that the administra-
ton would not feel hattered at hearing
The wharf at Fort Wayne took fire some
weeks ago and was in danger of total
destruction when a tug steamed up
along side and turned on a stream Of wa
ter that soon extinguished the flames
The owner OF the tug put in a bill of
$40, which Gen. Poe paid, and sent it
to Washington with other accounts for
approval. In due course of time the
bill was returned, having been disallowed
on the ground that as the expenditure
was not authorized by Law the general
should have advertised for proposals for
doing the WOrkI It Is safe to say the
next time the government property takes
IRE at Detroit Gen Poe, If In command,
VIII advertise In the daily papers for
proposals for extingaishing the flames,
and let the job to the lowest bidder.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

After a great many years OF observa-
ton and some experience have formed
some very settled opinions about bald
heads. In the first place badness may
be hereditary, and no amount Of precau-
ton viii save the hair in some families
In the second place a good head Of hair
may be hereditary, and no amount Of
imprudence viii injure the hair In some
families. In the third place, with the
great majority Of people, the hair can be
saved by taking care OF it, or lost by
ignorhnae and neglect As to saving or
losing the hair, am convinced that al
most ths only thing that decides the fate
Of hair is the temperature OF the head.
Whatever eongests the scalp loosens the
hair. This congestion may be produced
either by stimulants or BY hats. Tea
and coffee, beer, wine and whisky pro
duce congestion OF the head and scalp
and are inimical to the hair. In Like
manner, q silk, hat or any hat that keeps
the head very warm, especially If 1t pro
duces a perspiration Of the scalp, is fatal
to the hair Of most people. If ans. one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
Taking Cake From a Deep Tin.

Good HOusekeeping.
In answer to inquiry in Good
Housekeeping, allow to remove & cake
from the tin without having it crack,
break or falI:'' Suppose it to be a loaf
of cake in deep tin. First you must
butter the tin all around the sides and
bottom, then butter the paper as well
(cutting it to fit the tin e1actly.) Now,
when the cake IS baked, don't try to take
it from the tin when hot; set it away
until perfectly cold, then return it to
the fire only long enough to warm the
tin through, then turn it upside down
on your hand and tap the edge Of the
tin on the table, and It Will slip from the
tin all right. You can take of the pa
per without any injury to the cake.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
CAIIING ne ANaEIs -.

We mean to do it Some day, some day,
We mean to slacken this feVeEed rush
That is wearing oar very souls away,
and grant to our gOaded hearts a hush
That is holy enough to let them hear
The footsteps Of angels drawing near.
We mean to do it Oh, never doubt,
When the burden of daytime drOu is DER,
Well sit and muse, while the stars come out,
as the patriarch sat at the open door
OF his tent, with a heavenWard gazing eye,
To watch for the angels passing by.
We see them afar at high nOOntide,
When hercely the world hot flashing beat;
Yet never have hidden them turn aside,
And taFry q while in converse sweet.
Nor prayed them to halloW the cheer we spread
To drink of our wine and break our bread.
We promised our hearts that when the stress
OF the life work reaches the 1onged for close
When the weight that We grOan with binders less
Well loosen our thoughts TO such rspOse
AS banishes cares disturbing DIN,
And then-We'Q call the angels in.
The day that we dreamed Of comes at length,
When tired of every hooking quest,
And broken In spirit and shOru Of strength.
We drop, indeed, at the door of rest,
And wait and watch as the day Wanes on
But the angels We meant to call are gone.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

Boston HeFaIu.
A resident in one of the finest streets
in town alluded, incidentally, at dinner
the other night to her Servants" and
was overwhelmed the next day to receive
warnings from the whole crowd. What
did it mean? Weren't they in receipt of
the highest wages? Didn't they have
AFTERNOONS" and evenings" and ''privi-
leges'' without end? Yes, but they
couldn't live with people who called them
servants to their facesl ''Help" was
the proper word, and they wouldn't be
servants to nolady in this countryl They
all departed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
- d - -.


lolia OF the past, whose uuIoraorlen music
.llll MIS- tl6 wide azua1ae4
LlIlareluE the sober twilight Of the present
WIN color OF romance.
j haar sou can, and sec the sun descending
on the roeEa and waves and sand.
A. down the coast the mission voices blending
Stride the heather land
Within the circle Of your Incarnation
No blight nor miidsW falls,
Nor fierce unrest. nor lust nor lost ambition
Posses those airy walls
Borne on the swell OF your long waves reeeding
touched the farther path
sea the dying glow OF Spanish glory.
me sunset dream and Last
Before me rise the doms-shaped mission towers
The white preatdloi
The auaru commander in his leathern ieriCiD,
The priest in stole OF snow.
Once more see Fortala's cross uplifting
Above the aGttlng sum
And past the haadland, northWard slowly drift
TIE ffeiehtsd galleon-
ID solaEnn bell whose consscrated masses
Recall the faith OF old
o tinkling beusi that lullad with twilight music
The spiritual doodl
Your voices break and falter in the darkness
Break. faitsr, and are stiu
And yelled and mystic, like the host descending
The sun sinks from the hill
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

doubts this, let him examine the scalp OF
one Of his friends who has Just taken of
a silk hat and see OF what a deep Ecarlst
color it is. Let him notice also In his
own case, If he is losing his hair, how 1t
drops out In the Summer when his head
rerspires. These are secrets OF hair-ire.
External applications are mostly hum
bugs. Let nan keep his head at an
even and moderate temperature, and
keep stimulants out OF his stomach, and
his hair viii probably thrive, unless
heredity interferes. This explains why
women, as a sex, have better hair then
men.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
The Criminals OF Berlin.

From the London Globe.
The criminal profession Of Berlin is
completely organized. There are regular
arrangements for Rugmenting its strength
when it is thought desirable to do so, and
for training the neophyte in his art.
The common lodging house furnishes the
thief-trsiner's favOrite hunting ground.
These are, apparently, in no better cOndi-
ton in Berlin than the like establishments
In London were thirty or forty years ago,
and it is not creditable to the municipal
authorities or to the government that
something has not been done for their
improvement. 1t is little wonder if q
youth offered the means Of escape from
the Wretchedness of such surroundings,
yields without much difficulty to the
recruiting sergeant for the army of crime,
and willingly takes the necessary trouble
to learn his new profession. the proves
an apt pupil he is put through successive
stages OF instruction, and when pro-
nOuDced efficient receives a new name
which, ever after, in the inner world Of
his acquaintances, replaces that which
rightly belongs to him. A place is
found for him according to his aptitude
IN one or other Of the numerous branches
Of the profession. The pickpockets of
Berlin are celebrated, and, as In other
countries, they include in their ranks a
good many women and children.
Shoplfting is practiced by women, who
generally work In couples, and who are
always provided with pockets Of a special
construction or other arrangements for
the safe stOwage Of their booty. Robbers
Of shop tills form a special class. They
are armed with bit of a whalebone, the
end Of which has been dipped in bird
lime. Specialists in the predatory art
look after the working people, while others
carry on their depredations in the washer
women's drying ground.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
The Buoyanoy Of Reindeer skin.


London News.
A Norwegian engineer, Herr ". @.
MOsller, has made some important dis
coveries as to the buOyancy Of reindeer
hair and skin. He has found that rein
deer skin weighing 7-1O ElOgram,
rolled up and with hair outward, VIII
support for ten days the same weight as
au ordinary cork life belt. Moreover,
the reindeer skin has the advantage of
warming q person, if formed IN the shape
of life belt and worn around the waist
he has also constructed co1laps ng boats,
sledges for rescUng people from drown
ing IN the ice, etc, from reindeer skin,
and life belts filed With reindeer hair
equal TO those Of cork. Herr MoeIleE
further finds that a suit made from rein
deer hair, Weighing only one-halt ldlo-
gram, VIII save man from drowning,
even If ne has besn In the water for some
tine 1t can be made In any thickness
end Is warmer than other materials. He
Is confident that suits made from rein
deer haiE VII IN time supeEHade these
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The following from the New Orleans
PicGyltne will be appreciated by lovers
Of the wheel in many cities: A poor lit
tie thin-legged boy bicycling on the
avenue at night must carry the lantern
lighted. A draymRn may drive his dray
at the same time without light. The
inference is that the poor little thin
legged bicycling boys are in the habit
Of smashing Hp drays on the road, and
must give all sorts OF warning. Beer
wagons can go as they please, with or
without lights, and fast or slow. No
policeman likes to arrest a beer wagon.
He thinks too much Of beer.
Several singular specimens in natural
history were recently Ereceived by the
Portland (OregOn) immigration board.
One is a top OF a tree Of some Species Of
fir with Odd-lOOking cones, which with
the limbs and leaves are completely Gov
cred with balsam. No one knows what
species Of evergreen it is, but its chief
singularity appears to be due to the
unusual amount Of balsam coating it.
Another is a spray Of long, slender limb.
apparently some abnormal growth Of
a species OF evergreen, also coated with
balsam.
A Century writer gives a sensible an
sWer to the often perplexing question of
the pronunciation Of foreign names;
whether "Simplon" and like words should
be pronounced "Samplon," or according
to the spelling in English. He says:
siWhen there Is an established Angli-
cized pronunciation or form of a foreign
word it is always to be used; otherwise,
and especially IN modern European Ian
guages, where ignorance is no excuse,
the foreign pronunciation is the only &C
curate one"
A novel way Of breaking a youth of
playing truant was recently successful
" tried by a citizen of San Diego, Cal
His boy has a strong aversion to attend
ing to his studies, and has Perpetrated a
system Of sending excuses to his teacher.
His father sent an officer after him the
other day, and the youth was marched
down to the county iall, thinking he was
TO be locked up. After a mock dshbeTa-
ton he was released.
Street car courtesy is undergoing a re-
form in the Quaker city. 1t is now no
ticeable that gentlemen passengers in
crowded cars only give up their seats to
old men, old women, or women carrying
babies. 1t appears, however, that gen
tlemen only are interested in the reform,
as the women are still wanting IN cour-
tesy to their own sex, and totally Oblivi-
GUS of the rights OF old people Of the oP-
POsite sex
tits said that in the 50 silver certif-
cate an innovation is made by putting
Second and Third army corps badges
which formed General HancOck's com
mand, besides the vignette Of the gener.
al. The Second corps badge was a clover
leaf and the Third corps a diamond. The
engraver has very eleyerly put the form.
er within the lines OF the later, making 4
a historical tribute to the unity of the
two corps under General Hancock. II
is not generally known that General Phi
Kearney originated the idea OF al arm
corps badge and that the diamond wa
the first design adopted, and its ap
pearance en- the 50 silver certificate vii
perPetuate bit OF war history.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

LONDON Truth.
Everybody knows that the queen likes
sketching, as her books contained sever
a. OF her productions; but the World
adulatiOn carries it to extravagant
lengths when it deplores her majesty's
reluctance "tO give the public a chance
Of admiring' her work. The queen
sketches like nine people out Of ten who
are fond Of using a pencil, but there is
no special merit in her productions.
Princess Beatrice is about up to ths
average amateur, which means that no
body would care to look twice at her
work which certainly Is not worthy Of
exhibition, and nothing she has done
would have a chance OF gaining a prize
In any tolerable competition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

''He who is false to present duty" says
Henry Ward Beeohsr, 'fbrsaks a thread in
the loom, and viii find the flaw when he may
have forgotten its cause" case in point
occurs to Us. Mr.. VIM. Ryder, of 81 Jeffer-
son street, Buffalo, n. Y, recently told a re-
porter that, ''I had a large abgc SIS on each
leg, that kept continually dischargiDg for
twenty years. Nothing did me any good sx-
oept DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
OOvery.' It cured me.'' Here is a volume OK
pressed in a few words. Mr.. Ryder's expert
ence is entitled to our readers careful con-
sideratiOn.-Ihe Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

her place at the table, glanced over the
dainty appointments, the snowy damask
ailzen fine, the costly silver, the beauti-
ful flowers, the rare fruits, and all the
iuxuries that wealth can give. Then her
eyes wandered TO her two far young sis
ters, and her mothers face behind the
tray, and lastly to Der fathers face, who
Just now was regarding her with snail-
ing, quizzieal eyes.
'sPapa" she said, flushing slightly,
81 want a generous check true
enough, but think III rearrange my
programme"
al thought So" smiled her father.
''What tell-tale face you possess.
What's the latest freak? out with it."
"Oh, Nellie, everything was perfect
invitations all ready to send out. You're
not going to spoil our party" cried her
sisters.
81 hope not, said Nellie; shut first ]
want to tell you all about my visit to
Thimble Alley"
She told it as it was, and at its close
the youngest Of the girls exclaimed:
II know now, Nellie; you thought
what a big sensation your party would
make in Thimble Alley"
'eYes," said Nellie, IF papa is will
ing"
any eldest born" said her father
tondly, 'syour papa's purse has a long
string, still it might be stretched too FAR
1 always did dislike the fuss Of a party
and I guess can trust your prudent
head to control your tender heart. Give
the Thimble-Alleyites a generous
dinner on your birthday and what yoU
will. III see that DR.. Moore calls upoI
] the lace-mender's daughter"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

II making BROWR's BRONCHIAL IROCHEs IL
such as to give the best poss bic effect with
safety They are the best remedy in use fog
Coughs, Colds, and Throat Diseases. Sold
only in boxes. Price % cts.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-02-05

from heart disease is now quite common.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
a certain remedy. Chronic irritation, palpt-
tation, excessive OF defective action of the
heart, shOrtness OF breath, and pain are re
moved by 1t in a short period. It also cures
all ths diseases relating to the liver, stomach,
bowels, blood and skin.